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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : April 1993</div>
    <p>
      <b>emptystr</b> -  zero length string</p>
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        <tt>s=emptystr()   </tt>
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        <tt>s=emptystr(a)   </tt>
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        <tt>s=emptystr(m,n)   </tt>
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          <b>a</b>
        </tt>: any type of matrix</li>
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          <b>s</b>
        </tt>: character string matrix</li>
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          <b>m,n</b>
        </tt>: integers</li>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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    Returns a matrix of zero length character strings</p>
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    With no input argument returns a zero length character string.</p>
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    With a matrix for input argument returns  a zero length character strings 
    matrix of the same size.</p>
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    With two integer arguments returns a mxn zero length character strings 
    matrix</p>
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x=emptystr();for k=1:10, x=x+','+string(k);end
 
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      <a href="part.htm">
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          <b>part</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="length.htm">
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          <b>length</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="string.htm">
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          <b>string</b>
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